Draft of talk, for comment 11 May 201915 May 2019 I will be presenting this talk in Brisbane in a few weeks. Have a look and make suggestions. [embeddoc url=”https://evolvingthoughts.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/How_Would_Darwin_Classify-Handout-1.pdf” width=”100%” download=”all” viewer=”google”] History Natural Classification Species and systematics Systematics
History I know the engineer who set this up, I reckon 27 Jan 200918 Sep 2017 H/T Clifford Dubery Read More
Administrative Species: a history of the idea 21 Jul 2008 Today I got my manuscript off to the publisher. Heaven knows what the editors will do with it; I expect a sympathetic treatment as the publisher’s editorial board are quite keen. But it’s like having a ten year boil lanced. And seeing a favourite child graduate. All at once. So… Read More
Species and systematics Taxonomy, the fading field 2 Jun 2009 A very nice piece in The Scientist (free registration) points out how traditional taxonomy is being replaced by the sexier molecular techniques (no mention of barcoding), and how this means that important connections between species are being missed, as they rapidly disappear. Read More